Exclusion of Liability

1. Contents of the Online Presentation

The Author offers no warranty for the currency, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Liability claims directed against the Author and referring to damages of material or non-material kind that may have been caused by using, or failure to use, the proffered information, or by using incorrect or incomplete information, are principally ruled out, provided said damages were not caused by demonstrable premeditation or grave neglect. All quotes are subject to change and non-binding. The Author explicitly reserves the right to change, supplement, or delete parts of these pages or the entire Internet presentation without prior notice, or to terminate their publication temporarily or permanently.

2. Referrals and Links

The Author shall not be liable for any direct or indirect referral to external websites ("hyperlinks") that are outside the Author’s sphere of ownership, except in those cases where the Author has knowledge of the contents in question, and where it would be technically possible and reasonable for the Author to prevent the use of unlawful contents. The Author hereby represents explicitly that no unlawful contents were apparent on the pages to be linked at the time the link was set. The Author has no influence over the current or future layout, contents or authorship of the interlinked pages. The Author therefore disassociates himself from any contents of any interlinked pages that have been changed after the link was set. This statement applies to any links and referrals set within the own Internet presentation, as well as to outside entries in the guest books set up by the author, forums of discussion, link directories, mailing lists, and any other form of database that are subject to external write-enabled access. For unlawful, incorrect and incomplete contents, and especially for damages resulting from using, or from the failure to use, the proffered information, the content provider of the page to which the links refer shall be solely responsible, not the person referring to the respective publication via a set link.

3. Copyright and Trademarks

The Author has made every effort to respect existing copyrights to any image, chart, sound document, video sequence and text in any publication used, and to use images, charts, sound documents, video sequences and texts created by the Author, or to resort to images, charts, sound documents, video sequences and texts not subject to licensing regulations. Any brand name or trademark identified within the context of this Internet presentation, and possibly protected by third party rights, is fully subject to applicable copyright regulations and the proprietary rights of the respectively registered owners. The mere use of a given trademark does not suggest that the trademark is not protected by third party rights. The copyright for published objects created by the Author shall remain solely with the Author of these pages. Any copying or use of such images, sound documents, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is prohibited without the Author’s explicit consent.

4. Privacy

Inasmuch as this Internet offer provides options for the input of personal or commercial data (email addresses, names, postal addresses), the surrender of such data is effected explicitly on a voluntary basis on the part of the user. The use and payment of any proffered services – wherever technically possible and reasonable – is also permitted without the entry of such data, or by entering anonymous data or an alias. The use of the contact data published in the context of the imprint, or of comparable information, such as postal addresses, phone and fax numbers, as well as email addresses, by any third party for the communication of not expressly solicited information, is prohibited. The Author expressly reserves the right to take legal steps against any mailer of so-called spam mail in the context of this prohibition.

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5. Legal Effectiveness of this Disclaimer

This disclaimer is considered an integral part of this Internet offer to which this page is linked. If any part or single phrase of this text does not or no longer or not fully, complies with applicable legislation, all other parts of the documents shall nonetheless remain unaffected in regard to their contents and effectiveness.